Wang Kun was born in July, 1958, Tianjin. He studied in Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts from 1978 to 1982 and received a bachelor's degree. From 1989 to 1991, he purchased his further study in the field of oil painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. And he currently is the executive editor of Chinese Oil Painting magazine, the membership of China Artists Association, the councilor of China Oil Painting Society and Tianjin Artists Association, the vice chairman of Tianjin Oil Painting Society, specially invited as professor by Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, modern art college and postgraduate school of Chinese National Academy of Art.